Vietnam police bust major illegal weapon manufacturing, trafficking ring
Vietnam News 11:02 15/09/2025The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security's criminal investigation agency announced on Sunday that the unit had worked with police in several localities to crack down on a massive illegal weapon manufacturing and trafficking ring, with illicit transactions reportedly amounting to tens of billions of Vietnamese dong.
Man kills 3 members of wife’s family, injures child in Vietnam’s Dak Lak
Vietnam News 11:00 13/09/2025A brutal attack in the early hours of Saturday left three people dead and one child severely injured in Thanh That Ward under Dak Lak Province, according to Nguyen Dinh Tam, chairman of the ward.
German-supported forestry initiative brings benefits to Vietnam’s stakeholders
Economy 10:21 13/09/2025State agencies, educational institutions, organizations and enterprises in Vietnam have benefited from a German-funded project aimed at promoting sustainable forestry development.
German diplomat praises Vietnam’s efforts in ensuring timber legality for sustainable forestry
In-Depth 08:57 12/09/2025It is very good that Vietnam, at a very early stage, has taken action to implement the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT), in a bid to address the global challenge of illegal logging, strengthen its timber supply chain, and ensure the legality of its wood products, said Jens Schmid-Kreye, First Secretary at the German Embassy in Vietnam.
Early cancer detection widely valued, yet screening rates stay low in Vietnam: survey
Vietnam News 08:56 12/09/2025While a strong majority of 84 percent of respondents in Vietnam believe early cancer detection improves treatment outcomes, only 34 percent had ever undergone cancer screening, according to a new survey commissioned by Siemens Healthineers.
Vietnamese dish enters Japanese fast-food chain
Economy 16:11 10/09/2025Popular Vietnamese dish ‘com tam’ (broken rice with pork) has officially made its debut on the menu of Matsuya, one of Japan’s largest fast-food restaurant chains, along with other dishes such as ‘pho’ and ‘bun cha’ (rice noodles with grilled pork and meatballs), opening new doors for the promotion of the Vietnamese food culture under the fast-food model.
National Australia Bank cuts 410 jobs, to hire in India and Vietnam
World 11:33 10/09/2025SYDNEY - National Australia Bank (NAB) is cutting 410 jobs in its technology and enterprise operations in Australia and creating 127 roles in India and Vietnam, a spokesperson said, confirming cuts first revealed by the country's financial services union.
With Italian doctors’ help, Vietnam achieves first successful marrow transplant from mother to child with thalassemia
Vietnam News 15:45 09/09/2025In a historic medical breakthrough, doctors at Hue Central Hospital in central Vietnam have successfully performed the country’s first allogeneic bone marrow transplant for a child with thalassemia using stem cells from the child’s biological mother, despite an incompatibility in blood types.
In Vietnam, passenger bus driver, owner fined $2,175 for overloading
Vietnam News 15:22 08/09/2025The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has imposed a total fine of VND57.5 million (US$2,175) on the driver and the owner of a passenger bus for severely overloading a 26-seat vehicle with 49 passengers on a major road in northern Vietnam.
Storm Tapah makes landfall in China, causes heavy rain in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:36 08/09/2025Storm Tapah, the seventh storm to hit the East Vietnam Sea this year, made landfall in Guangdong Province, China on Monday morning, with its circulation forecast to bring downpours to northern Vietnam over the next two days.
